Julie Coin (; born 2 December 1982)
is a retired French
tennis
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player.
Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the then-
world No. 1 ranked
Ana Ivanovic at the
2008 US Open.
Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 60, achieved on 27 July 2009. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 19 April 2010.
Personal life
Her parents, Philippe and Doriane Coin, were competitive
team handball
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players.
Career
Early career
Coin played at
Clemson University, where she was an
All-American, All-ACC, and ACC Player of the Year.
She also holds numerous Clemson Women's Tennis records.
Coin graduated from Clemson with a degree in mathematics.
2008
Coin and her doubles partner
Violette Huck
Violette Huck (born 18 March 1988) is a French former tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 213, achieved in December 2007. On 23 March, she peaked at No. 158 of the doubles rankings.
Career
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made it to the second round of the
French Open women's doubles draw.
Coin's breakthrough came at the
US Open when she was ranked 188th in the world.
She entered the main draw as a
qualifier after defeating Amanda McDowell,
Sesil Karatantcheva, and
Elena Baltacha in the qualification rounds.
This was the first time she had entered the main draw in singles at a WTA tournament. In the first round, she defeated Australian
Casey Dellacqua 7–6, 7–6.
Coin then rose to prominence and made worldwide headlines when she defeated world No. 1 and top-seeded
Ana Ivanovic in the second round
6–3, 4–6, 6–3. ESPN
and Sports Illustrated
both called the win one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. Unfortunately, her parents only got to watch highlights of the match since
Amélie Mauresmo, who was playing at the same time, was the one shown on French television.
Prior to Coin's upset victory, it had been 41 years since the top-seed had lost so early at the US Open,
the previous time being when
Maria Bueno lost in the second round of the
1967 U.S. National Championships.
At the time of her victory against Ivanovic, Coin was ranked world No. 188.
She then lost 4–6, 4–6 to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in the third round.
2009
Coin took on Mauresmo in the second round of woman's singles at
Brisbane
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. The women played for approximately 3 hours, with Mauresmo eventually winning 5–7, 6–2, 7–6, after Coin held match points.
Coin beat
Elena Vesnina 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the first round at the
Australian Open.
She fought hard, but ultimately fell to No. 14
Dominika Cibulková in three sets at
Wimbledon.
2010
In the first round of the
Australian Open, Coin recovered from a set down to defeat local favorite
Alicia Molik 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 before losing in straight sets to
Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 4–6.
2015
Partnering
Emily Webley-Smith, Coin won the $100,000 tournament in February at
Midland, defeating
Jacqueline Cako and
Sachia Vickery in the final. In November, she announced that the
2015 Open de Limoges will be her last professional tournament.
ITF finals
Singles: 22 (10–12)
Doubles: 27 (16–11)
References
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1982 births
Living people
Clemson Tigers women's tennis players
French expatriate tennis players in the United States
French female tennis players
Sportspeople from Amiens
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
21st-century French sportswomen